Modern slavery receives more attention from each media outlet in countries that have existing or discussing potential implementation of, robust modern slavery legislation compared to markets with limited or no legislation.
Sample: 16,281 English-language news articles sourced from Factiva and classified as referencing Modern Slavery incident types, filtered by publications from AUS, UK, USA, NZ, SG, and CANA. Date range 1Jan2019 - 30Jun2020 inclusive. Publisher Base Rates: 'United States': 557, 'United Kingdom': 80, 'Australia': 15, 'New Zealand': 9, 'Singapore': 9, 'Canada': 12. publications located in regions (based in the 'region_of_origin' field from Factiva) who have published at least one article within the timeframe of the study. Sample: 602,572 English-language Tweets sourced from Twitter API and classified as referencing Modern Slavery incident types, filtered by accounts from AUS, UK, USA, NZ, SG, and CANA. Date range 1Jan2019 - 30Jun2020 inclusive. Tweets Explicitly Referencing Legislative or Regulatory Measures Base rates: United States 1,571 Australia 103 United Kingdom 293 Singapore 1 New Zealand 3 Canada 158 Trafficking-Related Tweets Base rates : United States 472,542 Australia 15,554 United Kingdom 77,687 Singapore 974 New Zealand 2,309 Canada 33,506